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Re: Tire Rolling Radius

To: Carmods@aol.com, tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Tire Rolling Radius
From: Bob Palmer <rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu>
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 11:42:30 -0800
John,

Makes sense now John; also corrects for tire slip, which occurs for any
type of tire. But who really normally drives 60 MPH?? ;>)

Bob

At 04:56 PM 3/27/99 -0500, Carmods@aol.com wrote:
>Hi Robert,
>The reason I drive 60 MPH during the speedometer test is to correct for any
>tire growth. That probably only matters with bias ply tires, but there are
>still a few of them around. 
>                                    John Logan

Robert L. Palmer
Dept. of AMES, Univ. of Calif., San Diego
rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu
rpalmer@cts.com

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